Sulfur Rose

PICTURE SOURCE Choix des Plus Belles Fleurs (1827-33)

ORIGINAL BOTANICAL NAME Rosa Sulfurea

ORIGINAL FRENCH NAME Rosier jaune de souffre

CURRENT BOTANTICAL NAME R. hemisphaerica

COMMON NAME Sulfur Rose

OTHER NAMES Double Yellow, Double Yellow Provins, Yellow Centifolia

CLASS Wild Rose

ORIGIN Turkey, introduced to Europe prior 1625

FLOWERING Once-flowering; summer

SCENT Slight – some say unpleasant

GROWTH Tall shrub; 6 feet tall (1.8 metres)

AVAILABILITY In cultivation

At left; picture of the Double Sulphur Rose, R. hemisphaerica, painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, portrait 12 out of 17, Choix des Plus Belles Fleurs (1827-33)

Redouté first illustrated this rose in Les Roses. It is R. hemisphaerica, the Double Sulphur Rose of ancient origins. This second illustration appeared in Choix, titled with the botanical name, ‘Rose Sulfurea’ and the French name ‘Rose jaune de soufre’